Meet Information
Field Events
4:00pm
Girls Shot Put
Boys Discus
Girls Pole Vault (Boys to Follow)
Girls Long Jump (Boys to Follow)
5:30pm
Boys Shot Put
Girls Discus
Girls Triple Jump (Boys to Follow)
Boys High Jump (Girls to Follow)
Running Events (Everything will be on Rolling Schedule)
5:00pm
4x800m Relay (Girls then Boys)
Girls 100m Hurdles
Boys 110m Hurdles
100m Dash (Girls then Boys)
4x200m Relay (Girls then Boys)
1600m Run (Girls then Boys)
4x100m Relay (Girls then Boys)
400m Dash (Girls then Boys)
300m Hurdles (Girls then Boys)
800m Run (Girls then Boys)
200m Dash (Girls then Boys)
3200m Run (Girls then Boys)
4x400m Relay (Girls then Boys)
Facility -
The Western Carolina University facility is an 8-lane, 400m Beynon 1000
System. There are two PV, LJ/TJ runways
with pits on either end. The facility
also includes a 66' X 108' HJ apron with two HJ pits, one shot put and discus
area inside the Track and one discus area located outside of the track. The facility has seating for approx. 1500
spectators.
Spikes -
Athletes may not use a spike any longer than ".
Entries -
Each school will be allowed 3 entries per individual event and 1 relay for each
relay event for both boys and girls.
Please take into consideration possible starting heights in the pole
vault and high jump, along with the board location in the long and triple jump
when entering your athletes. All entries will be done on-line at www.nc.milesplit.com Please be honest and fair when entering your
athletes so that we may have the best competitive situation for all athletes
involved, and no one is in an embarrassing situation. When entering athletes please take into account
the time schedule, as we will not wait on athletes to leave one event to get to
another event.
Entry Deadline
April 3, 2018. No entries will be
accepted after this date and time.
Please print off a copy of your entries once you have submitted them
online. This will be your verification
in case of a mistake. We will not make
any additions on Saturday morning, unless it is a mistake of ours.
Entry Fee -
High School - $10.00 per athlete
up to 5 athletes, after 5 athletes the fee is $50.00 for a team. Boys and girls are considered separate teams. (Example:
WCU boys-$80.00 and WCU girls-$80.00 for a school total of $160.00).
Middle School
team. Boys and girls are considered
separate teams even if they are from same school.
Make checks payable
to Western Carolina Track and
Field. Cash will also be
accepted. Entry fee's can be paid at
packet pick-up, but be aware that
athletes will not be allowed to compete unless entry fee is paid before the
start of the meet. The fee is based on the number of
athletes that you enter in the meet, not the number that you bring to the meet.
Scratches or
Corrections(no additions) - emailed to Coach Cale McDaniel @ cwmcdaniel@email.wcu.edu by Tuesday
April 4th by 12:00noon. Please be diligent in reporting scratches to
avoid small flights or empty lanes.
Packet Pick-Up
entrance to the WCU Track and Field facility in front of the black fence.
Parking -
Will be located in the lot directly across from the track and the lots above
the Track. Drop offs can be made at the
entrance to the track, but buses must move immediately after the drop.
Timing -
Timing for all running events will be FAT.
Athlete Check-In
scratched from the event.
Running Events will
check in at the tent located behind the track building-enter through the black
gate at the entrance to the track-30 min. prior to the start of the event.
Field Events will
check in at the site of the event 30 min. prior to the start of the event.
Relay Teams - All
four runners must report to the starting line and then be escorted to the relay
zones.
Field Events
all being measured. The best entries
will be seeded with each other and be in the first flights.
Starting Heights
and Board Placements - Will be
determined at close of entries.
Awards - 1st
place finishers will receive a free T-shirt.
The score will be computed on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system. Awards will be handed out as soon as the
final results of each event are completed.
Athletes will be called to the infield, please have athletes there to
receive their awards. A coach may pick
up an award for an athlete that is involved in another event at the time of the
award presentation.
**Western Carolina Track and Field T-Shirts will be on
sale**
Western Carolina High School / Middle School Track and Field
Invitational
Additional and Very Important Information
(Coaches - Please read and understand all of this
information so that there will be no confusion on meet day)
*There will be a
coaches meeting prior to the start of the meet.
All information that you will need is listed with-in this meet
information form. Any additional info
will be discussed at coaches meeting prior to start of meet.
*Heat sheets will not
be placed in your packet. They will be posted on the wall at the top of the
stadium.
*Results will be posted on the wall also. Results will be able to be obtained at www.ncrunners.com or at www.ncpreptrack.net
.
*No athletes or
coaches are allowed to hang out or sit in the infield of the track.
*Warm up area for the
running events is the practice soccer field located to the right of the
grandstand. No warm-ups will be allowed
on the track except for the athletes in the hurdle events. Hurdlers will be allowed on the track in the
outside lanes for hurdle warm-ups. Also
a grass section of the infield will be used for hurdle warm-up.
*If an athlete checks
out of a field event to go to another event and does not return before his or
her flight is over, then they will lose any remaining attempts in that
event. In the HJ or PV, if an athlete
checks out to go to another event, upon return they must compete at whatever
height the competition is now at with however many attempts that they may have
remaining.
*All running events
will be sections vs. times with the fastest sections always running first. The top 8 performances overall will compose
the scoring places. All field events
will be in flights, and will follow this same format.
*Please remember that
the officials are volunteers. They are
attempting to do the best possible job for each and every athlete involved in
the meet. It is not the intention of any
official to make a bad call. Please be
respectful of our officials, let them do their job and you stick to the coaching. This will allow everything to move along
smoothly. If there is a problem, come
Directly to Coach McDaniel, Coach Jaymes Talkington, or Coach Austin Davis.
*Coaches will be
allowed in the assigned coaching areas at the field events. Athletes can come to you.
*Non competing
athletes will not be allowed to gather at the field event sites. They must watch the events from the stands or
from behind the fences.
*Coaches - You are
responsible for the conduct of your athletes and coaches. We do not wish to be involved with any
problems that could arise. If you can't
control your athletes then don't bring them to this meet. This meet is for team and athletes that want
to achieve outstanding performance in an ideal situation.